Why prisons continue to grow, even when crime declines

Monday, August 22, 2016 - 02:31 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The U.S. prison population continued to rise even after the crime rate began declining in the mid-1990s because judges were faced with more repeat offenders, a new study suggests.

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